Re: package maintainers please choose a package group

[Olaf Till]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 09:47:46PM +0000, Carlo De Falco wrote:
> For example ocs is already being maintained in an external 
> repository (which is synchronized to forge only at time of release) 
> so I would say it would fit the "external" group.

Community packages should synchronize _not_ only at time of
release. It should be reasonable to look into the OF repository of the
package for the current state of its development.

> On the other hand, the website states that also "community" packages 
> can be maintained in a separate repository, so maybe it's me who really
> don't get the difference?

See above.

> Is the main difference that should guide my choice whether I would like
> "administrators" to push changes "even without asking before"?
> 
> If I would prefer to get a pull request or a patch submitted to the tracker
> for me to evaluate before pushing does this mean that the packages above
> should be considered "external"?

Pushing without asking will be an exception, reserved for obvious
changes.

There are other features of or requirements for community packages,
given at the link in the original e-mail. If you are content with
them, choose community.

Olaf

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